After just five months as publisher of Details, Paul Jowdy has resigned and is headed to Reader’s Digest Association.

THAT DIDN’T LAST LONG: After a short stint at Details, publisher Paul Jowdy is leaving the magazine and his 14-year tenure at Condé Nast to become publisher of Every Day With Rachael Ray. Insiders said Jowdy, who joined Details only in January, had become frustrated working at a smaller title at Condé, after five years of leading big programs as publisher of Bon Appétit. Now back to food, Jowdy will have to deal with an increasingly competitive category that includes a redesign of Bon Appétit. “This has been a challenging time for most epicurean books and so there’s been a lot of pressure, but the May issue was very strong and the second half will be as well,” said Suzanne Grimes, president, lifestyle communities at Every Day’s parent company, Reader’s Digest Association. For the first quarter, Every Day With Racheal Ray was down 9 percent in age pages with 107. “There is so much potential for this brand and but we needed the right publisher out there, telling the right story,” Grimes added.

Jowdy joins relatively new editor in chief Liz Vaccariello, who introduced her redesign of the magazine (the first since it was launched five years ago) in the May issue. Under Vaccariello, there are 50 percent more food recipes as well as more than double the fashion and beauty coverage. “We broke apart the architecture and the pacing is completely different,” she said. “It’s a more visually stimulating magazine now.”

For pre-fall, Vivetta Ponti reimagined the characters of an antique tapestry through a punkish filter. The result was a collection that looked a tad less sugar-coated compared to previous seasons. While the brand’s signature feminine ad whimsical iconography, including cute animals and butterflies, were still there, a range of tartan pieces, including a coat and a plissé skirt showing floral inserts, as well as maxi-printed puffers, exuded a cool, urban vibe, writes @aleturra85.
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After dominating in the makeup and lingerie categories, not to mention her Fenty line with Puma, Rihanna is getting ready for her next act in fashion.
According to sources, the superstar has been in secret talks with LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton to launch a luxury fashion house under her name. The eponymous collection is said to cover everything from ready-to-wear to leather goods and accessories and is expected to launch later this year in tandem with Rihanna’s ninth studio album.
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Victoria Beckham has developed a power-dressing formula of her own that revolves around elegant tailoring, cozy knits and feminine yet easy-to-throw-on midi dresses — and she keeps returning to it, as it clearly seems to appeal to her growing customer base of women who subscribe to her brand of modern femininity and glamorous yet no-fuss clothing. “Ultimately it does always have to come back to the customer and what she wants,” Beckham told WWD while presenting her pre-fall 2019 collection. “When we do want to do something different, it is about doing it in a way that she can understand, taking her by the hand and showing her how to put the pieces together so that she can try new things and challenge herself.” Report: @natalietheodosi .
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